May 14: Jeffrey C. McDermott, President/CEO, The Center for the Performing Arts and The Great American Songbook Foundation
Jeff McDermott has served since September 2016 as President/CEO of the nonprofit Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel and the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation, both headquartered at the landmark Palladium concert hall. Previously, the longtime Carmel resident worked 31 years as a partner and practicing attorney with Krieg DeVault, LLP, where he was a four-term member of its Executive Committee, chair of its Litigation Practice and the Executive Partner of the firm’s Carmel Office. McDermott continues to serve as a Senior Counsel to the firm.
The mission of the Center for the Performing Arts is to engage and inspire the Central Indiana community through enriching arts experiences. The Center provides educational programming for people of all ages and hosts hundreds of events each year at the 1,600-seat Palladium, the 500-seat Tarkington proscenium theater, and the black-box Studio Theater. The campus also is home to six resident companies: Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, Civic Theatre, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre and Indiana Wind Symphony.
Join us Tuesday to learn more about the Center for the Performing Arts and preview the newly announced 2019-2020 Center Presents Season with President/CEO Jeffrey C. McDermott.
All are welcome at Rotary programs. The lunch buffet opens at Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center at 11:45 a.m. and the program runs 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. See you there!
